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<item congress="113" measure-type="hjres" measure-number="27" measure-id="id113hjres27" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2013-02-13" update-date="2013-03-07">
<title>Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States prohibiting the Federal Government from using the power of taxation to compel someone to engage in commercial activity.</title>
<summary summary-id="id113hjres27v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2013-03-07">
<action-date>2013-02-13</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Constitutional Amendment </b>- Denies Congress the power to lay and collect taxes: (1) to compel any person or persons to engage in commercial activity, or (2) from any person or persons for a failure to engage in any form of commercial activity.</p>]]></summary-text>
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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